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ICR
Dec 31, 2008

Daddeh Icker has returned from picking up cigarettes. Don't worry, I have Amazon Prime shipping now so I don't have to leave anymore. Thank heavens for small indie developers like Amazon and their one-day shipping.

I haven't logged on here in just under a year. Honestly, I hope you all are doing well. I miss y'all, I think about the game here and there and I try to play other games but they're bad. Nothing is quite like Marvel Heroes on the private server, I tell ya what...

Let's get down to business
(to defeat the Huns)
(did they send me daughters)
(when I asked, for sons?)

I can't believe Disney thought that was a good idea of a song. Preaching all that hate and stuff, so rude.

For real, let's get down to business.

I know, we see each other in discord a lot. I see y'all here too and this thread continues to rock. It brings a lot of nostalgia for me and it ain't no secret that many of us, myself included, are always looking for that next Marble Hebrons itch to scratch. Let's walk through history a bit, together, as a family.

Torchlight Frontiers drops...it lets you click mans and womans and all sorts of peeps, but the clicking was not enough. It wasn't strong enough. It was weak. It did not have the fortitude that a Hebron needs to survive. It was defeated before it even saw the light of day, a very just death.

Magic Legends drops...it, too, lets you click on things but forgets the Magic and Legends part of the title of the game. Old Yeller was not playable in the game and it met a similar fate. RIP to a real one...Old Yeller that is.

Do the yellow gods in the cosmic heavens continue to besmirch our good names? Are the small indie devs not getting enough money from Lozareth? Did the switchflipper abandon the genre completely?



I am summoning the siren's song and we are going to be idiots once again. You ain't got poo poo to do. You ain't got nothing going on. You're in for the NOSTALGIA POP.

February 11th, Lost Ark leaves the Asian wilderness and gets to the rest of planet Earth and we are going to play this thing TOGETHER

Yeah, it's technically been out since 2018 across the ol Pacific there, but here's the deal: We should all play something together (besides the private server of course). It scratches that Marvel Heroes itch a bit and we've already got a boat load of Marsupial Hexagons who are going to check this out when it comes out. Lots of classes, lots of loot, plays at the same level as Marvel Heroes/Diablo does, pretty game, guilds for us to relive GROOT FORCE, I know not everybody will come, but let's just say...

CAN WE GET THE BAND BACK TOGETHER?

CAN WE COSMIC TODAY FOR ONE LAST DAY?

CAN SOME GAME ACTUALLY BE GOOD? (No.)

I know I'm doing a lot of "I's" and "me's" here but I am definitely not the person I am on the discord, SA, in life without you all. It's really about just finding something we can do together again. This community was EVERYTHING.

I'm saying, let's give this Lost Ark game a try and see if it holds anybody. I know a lot of us on discord are excited for something new. Something reminiscent of Marvel Heroes.

Real talk though, I hope you're all doing great (or as good as you can in this hellscape filled with COVID) and maybe, see you in game? Please Jesus & Sons give me the strength to defeat the Login Screen in Lost Ark.

Still got the Marvel crew together and a Lost Ark channel if you want to reconnect, say hi, come play, whatever. We've been talking a ton about the game so we're all just trying to figure it out and get excited to play something again together. https://discord.gg/H5Ye2MGB8E

To the Cosmic Gods, to the Switchflipper, to Asros, to Boon Parties, to X-Defense, to aarontagg missing all his cues in the raid and sabotaging it constantly (still love ya), to driving the loving lovely van, to your garbage insignias, to +1 All Skills on everything, to baby wolferine, to Arboc and their godly videos, to mr. 69s raps, to nameis never cosmicing ever and hating on MODOK, to MIDTOWN MANHATTAN...

Cosmic M'F'n Today.

and maybe see you in Lost Ark.

ICR fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Feb 1, 2022

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RosaParksOfDip
May 11, 2009
Because I'm a goddamn moron, anywhere you go, I'll follow you down.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.
Can we please turn off the Fiskmas event on the server ?

Deakul
Apr 2, 2012

PAM PA RAM

PAM PAM PARAAAAM!

Hell, same, missed you Sun Man.

So Lost Ark isn't just another run of the mill korean ARPG? It certainly looks like one but the production values seem pretty slick.

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



By endorsing Lost Ark as the successor to Marvel Heroes, ICR has doomed another game.

Cosmic Today, my friends. Cosmic Today.

ICR
Dec 31, 2008

Deakul posted:

Hell, same, missed you Sun Man.

So Lost Ark isn't just another run of the mill korean ARPG? It certainly looks like one but the production values seem pretty slick.

Production is pretty slick. So, I guess it's been out since 2018, it's still held strong enough and well, I don't have anything else that's coming close to Marvel Heroes and I have been really missing it lately. Probably because there's a giant steam post making GBS threads on this thread and the discord for the private server and I have gotten some HILARIOUS messages about getting in. I think that's what stirred it up.

So, I hear this Lost Ark is dropping and I remember when it was new, but it wasn't available to us in the Americas, yadda yadda. People to this day still like it and while I don't have the time to grind, it'll be fun to just do together again. If it sucks, we can easily walk away since it's free to play on Steam and all that. (IS AMAZON DOING THEIR OWN LAUNCHER?)

There's a character that has some real strong Wolferine vibes, a lot of classes, the standard grind we're used to, but yeah, I don't think of us are going to play so serious to the point we're doing TTK battles against dummies and reading Tony Bing builds over here.

What has gotten me to rise from the ashes is:

1) A lot of us just missing each other.
2) This is probably as close as it's gonna get for awhile for a fun multiplayer game that has guilds, a large social network and something we don't have to take seriously. It's got the Marvel vibes too.
3) It costs $0 to play and in a pandemic, yeah, I can't even do the shill thing like that anymore. Times be a'changin.

I guess I don't feel like the harbinger of death for this game since it technically has been out for 3 years and has survived, we're just getting the fresh version over here in the states and other countries now.

So, yeah, let's give it a shot. No buy-in fee or anything? I can get down with that. Screenshots and videos really speak to the Marble Hebron in me and I want to see who all comes out of the woodwork here that a lot of us haven't seen so we can play and shoot the shizz again! I wanted to do my part and (ruin your lives again with another video game) grab y'all, the best peeps, and get the band back together for the launch. However we stay after that, who knows.

All aboard Noah's Ark!

Cosmic today Kheldarn you know you want to. And hi Rosa!!!

RosaParksOfDip
May 11, 2009
But how are the vagines? Are they too long?

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



I've been looking at videos and poo poo for this, and I'm cautiously optimistic.

Curse you, sun god! CURSE YOU! :argh:

Dark_Swordmaster
Oct 31, 2011

RosaParksOfDip posted:

But how are the vagines? Are they too long?

I no longer remember this joke or at least the post that spawned it, does anyone have it somewhere?

ICR
Dec 31, 2008

Dark_Swordmaster posted:

I no longer remember this joke or at least the post that spawned it, does anyone have it somewhere?

You remember the person on the oforums who would do the red circles and highlight problem areas on ALL of TheDink's characters?

Storm had one of her costumes come out...it was one of her last ones specifically and I can't recall the specific name.

The guy was highlighting all the red circles, like all over, and he does one right over that area and said verbatim: "vagine too long."

And after lots of facepalming and some questionable comments, the rest they say is history. I do have the screenshot and I'll try to find it. It was the same person who always did the red circles. It was incredible...

Dark_Swordmaster
Oct 31, 2011
Was that Comixfan? I remember that guy had some interesting takes but I seem to remember him being more lore focused less.... What the gently caress does that even mean?

ICR
Dec 31, 2008

Dark_Swordmaster posted:

Was that Comixfan? I remember that guy had some interesting takes but I seem to remember him being more lore focused less.... What the gently caress does that even mean?

hahahaha, so this one was NOT Comixfan. Yeah, way more lore focused and it had to all be by the book. "Carnage should not be playable, they are not a Marvel HERO, etc." Stuff like that.

No, this was somebody else...I keep thinking the name started with a D but I just can't pinpoint it until I find the screenshot. Oh, it was gold though.

Good Citizen
Aug 12, 2008

trump trump trump trump trump trump trump trump trump trump
No way am I falling for this again

I am absolutely falling for this again

Chernobyl Peace Prize
May 7, 2007

Or later, later's fine.
But now would be good.

I played in the beta awhile ago and found it to be sloggy and unfun so I am immune to the sun god's tricks this time.

Lozareth
Jun 11, 2006

For the past year I've been whaling VR games and Quest 2 accessories. I was also part of the Great Resignation in November and just started working again 2 weeks ago. Nevertheless I will find the funds to join another doomed enterprise :patriot: *


* if I can escape better reality games and/or d2r 2.4 lets me

ICR
Dec 31, 2008

Lozareth posted:

For the past year I've been whaling VR games and Quest 2 accessories. I was also part of the Great Resignation in November and just started working again 2 weeks ago. Nevertheless I will find the funds to join another doomed enterprise :patriot: *


* if I can escape better reality games and/or d2r 2.4 lets me

I already pinged you in the discord. Have no fear! See ya for launch.

RosaParksOfDip
May 11, 2009
What's the hot poo poo for the quest2 you're enjoying? I didn't find anything super engaging and kinda dropped it like a year ago but I did want to pick it up again. I think I played thrill of the fight the most and that was primarily for exercise purposes.

802.11weed
May 9, 2007

no
i’m trying to quit videogames you sunny bastard

goddamnit :negative:

StarkRavingMad
Sep 27, 2001


Yams Fan
oh my god, I just realized why Vampire Survivors makes me feel nostalgia

it's just Midtown Manhattan

Lozareth
Jun 11, 2006

RosaParksOfDip posted:

What's the hot poo poo for the quest2 you're enjoying? I didn't find anything super engaging and kinda dropped it like a year ago but I did want to pick it up again. I think I played thrill of the fight the most and that was primarily for exercise purposes.

Zenith: The Last City currently. Prior to that After The Fall. And I still play a lot of Beat Saber, Compound, Blade & Sorcery, and Blaston for short sessions. Also highly recommend Until You Fall and Phasmophobia. And the usuals like Alyx and Walkabout Minigolf.

Mover
Jun 30, 2008


weird lack of porn in that list but OK

Bonby
Jan 13, 2008

Annoying Dog

StarkRavingMad posted:

oh my god, I just realized why Vampire Survivors makes me feel nostalgia

it's just Midtown Manhattan

Oh my god


you're right!!!

RosaParksOfDip
May 11, 2009

Lozareth posted:

Zenith: The Last City currently. Prior to that After The Fall. And I still play a lot of Beat Saber, Compound, Blade & Sorcery, and Blaston for short sessions. Also highly recommend Until You Fall and Phasmophobia. And the usuals like Alyx and Walkabout Minigolf.

Doesn't alyx not run on it unless you hook it up to your pc? Sadly I can't do VR on my card...

strange feelings re Daisy
Aug 2, 2000

I'm going to try Lost Ark anyway, but I've heard it doesn't have ARPG gameplay like Hebrons/PoE/Diablo. It's just a regular MMO that happens to have an isometric view.

bagrada
Aug 4, 2007

The Demogorgon is tired of your silly human bickering!

Lost Ark super-88 super-15 when?

Irony.or.Death
Apr 1, 2009


strange feelings re Daisy posted:

I'm going to try Lost Ark anyway, but I've heard it doesn't have ARPG gameplay like Hebrons/PoE/Diablo. It's just a regular MMO that happens to have an isometric view.

yeah, the entire op of the thread over in games more or less reads "ICR is lying to you about this game", but ICR would never lie to us so there must be some mistake

I do not understand how an mmo with five active skills/class and not very many teleports could be so popular which further reinforces my suspicions that everyone but ICR is describing the game wrong

ICR
Dec 31, 2008

I’m a new man and Covid world changed me. I would never lie to you all. I cherish our friendships.

I will be playing the dumb game about Noah’s Ark exactly like I played Midtown Manhattan. I look forward to all of you joining Tootforce. Yes, I think we have settled on Tooting as our guild to represent into the planet’s demise.

Here is a picture of a character costume that Comixfan would approve of and I will have no choice but to rep.

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

Dark_Swordmaster posted:

Was that Comixfan? I remember that guy had some interesting takes but I seem to remember him being more lore focused less.... What the gently caress does that even mean?

Comixfan was the guy who posted a potential costumes thread for every character as soon as it was possible to do so, and threw a fit every time someone beat him to it. He wanted to feel like every skin in the game was there because he had suggested it, but I don't think he actually cared about how they were implemented.

Also Lost Ark is trash, you'll be out of it in two weeks. Another primo ICR recommendation.

Sea Lily
Aug 5, 2007

Everything changes, Pit.
Even gods.

i cant be interested in any ARPG unless it has squirrel bones in it

Diabetic
Sep 29, 2006

When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world Diabeetus.
I'm excited to do the Lost Ark because I have literal NO idea what to play and my wife is actually going to play this considering she never gets interested in games (She was a GM for MU if anyone knows that game)

Lozareth
Jun 11, 2006

RosaParksOfDip posted:

Doesn't alyx not run on it unless you hook it up to your pc? Sadly I can't do VR on my card...

Yeah, same for Phasmophobia. I only play PCVR games and connect to my PC via Airlink.

Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord
No sparkle dinosaurs, no buy.

Diephoon
Aug 24, 2003

LOL

Nap Ghost
I will never forget ICR and the Anthem thread, but I bought the $100 platinum pack before he posted about Lost Ark in here so clearly I have learned nothing anyway

respect the cosmic

Holyshoot
May 6, 2010

Humerus posted:

This was one of the more ridiculous things that happened but also one of the coolest. Like how many other devs would entertain that idea?

None because they have a proper password reset system unlike marvel heroes.

Irony.or.Death
Apr 1, 2009


Saint Freak posted:

No sparkle dinosaurs, no buy.

I did not until this moment realize how much I missed my sparkle dinos

hitting me hard over here

Shine
Feb 26, 2007

No Muscles For The Majority
I'm gonna keep playing Mechwarrior 5 and Resident Evil 4 VR.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



waiting for them to patch in juggernaut to vampire survivors.

Deakul
Apr 2, 2012

PAM PA RAM

PAM PAM PARAAAAM!

Shine posted:

I'm gonna keep playing Mechwarrior 5 and Resident Evil 4 VR.

Wait has there been a Mechwarrior 5 that came out and I'm not aware of it? The gently caress?!

edit: holy poo poo! HOLY poo poo! Is it sufficiently stompy? Stuff blow up good? Mechs feel like mechs?

Dark_Swordmaster
Oct 31, 2011
I have heard it is very bad without mods to make it okay at best. It is not what you want but it's what you'll get.

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Diephoon
Aug 24, 2003

LOL

Nap Ghost

Deakul posted:

Wait has there been a Mechwarrior 5 that came out and I'm not aware of it? The gently caress?!

edit: holy poo poo! HOLY poo poo! Is it sufficiently stompy? Stuff blow up good? Mechs feel like mechs?

I've had a lot of fun getting MW5 for cheap with all DLC during last Epic sale.

It's fun to blow up and punch mechs but the missions are kinda samey and the AI isn't great for your lancemates or the enemies. Missions that require you to walk your rear end all the way to the corners of the map to blow up artillery are unfun. Overall though I'd recommend it if you're into Mechs.

There are a lot of good mods that add more advanced load out options (MW5's default mechlab is overly simplistic IMO), mech variants, weapons, and utility gear. It can be frustrating getting them all to play nicely with each other, especially if they haven't been updated since the latest DLC that added a free-roam mercenary mode.

If nothing else, I'd say a target reticle mod is mandatory because the default reticle tends to obscure targets and that is annoying. Mods that add glass to the cockpit are good as well, the default is just thin air and with all the different environments having a little dust or water on the windshield adds immersion.

There's also a VR mod, but I've found that distant targets are too blurry to make it enjoyable. YMMV depending on your setup, but I stick to flat screen so I can reliably leg and headshot mechs.

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